The Negro in Business: Report of a Social Study Made Under the Direction of Atlanta University (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Negro in Business: Report of a Social Study Made Under the Direction of Atlanta University Graduates of Fisk University, Berea College, Lincoln University, Spel man Seminary, Clark University, Wilberforce University, Howard Uni versity, the Meharry Medical College, Hampton and Tuskeegee Institutes and several other institutions have kindly joined in this movement and added their efforts to those of the graduates of Atlanta, and have, in the last four years. Helped to conduct four investigations: One in l898 into the Mortality of Negroes in Cities; another in 1897 into the Gen eral Social and Physical Condition of Negroes living in selected parts of certain southern cities; a third in 1898 on Some Eilorts of American Negroes For Their Own Social Betterment. Finally in 1899, inquiry has been made to ascertain the extent to which the Freedman and his sons are entering into business life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.